Geographies of Mobilities: Practices, Spaces, Subjects

"This book is willfully wide-ranging in terms of the theoretical approaches taken and the types of mobility considered. Some chapters are historical, while others are contemporary. All, however, remain focused on the ways in which bodies and things move, the political cultural and aesthetic implications and resonances of these movements, the meanings ascribed to these movements, and the embodied experiences of mobility." The quote is from the introduction to this collection of 15 contributed chapters. A sampling of specific topics: walking (new forms and spaces for studies of pedestrianism); pre-cognition and driving; Lawrence Halprin, modern dance, and the American freeway landscape; and the experiences of tourists, migrant workers, commuters, and refugees. Editors Tim Cresswell and Peter Merriman are UK-based geographers affiliated, respectively, with the U. of London, and Abserystywyth U. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Tim Cresswell is Professor of Human Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK and Dr Peter Merriman is a Senior Lecturer in HumanGeography at the Aberystwyth University, UK